Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PSN J09330333+5940445

PSN J09330333+5940445   2014 12 27.7157*  09 33 03.33 +59 40 44.5  15.8 V    3W   2S            R 2 

2014 12 27.716

Zhangwei Jin(Ningbo, Zhejiang, China) and Xing Gao (Urumqi, Xinjiang, China), report the discovery of a possible supernova (mag 15.8 at discovery mag) on a 40-s survey image (limiting mag about 19.5)taken by Xing Gao in Xingming ObservationSky Survey(C42) around Dec. 27.71566 UT, 2014. using an unfilted CCD ( + Celestron C14 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope D=350-mm @f/6.9 ).the new object approximately located at R.A. =09h 33m 03s.33 Decl.=+59°40'44".5(equinox 2000.0). Which is about 2.6" west and 2" south of the center of the anonymous galaxy.Nothing is visible at this position on archival images taken on Dec.25,2014. (limiting mag 19.3) nor on the DSS(POSS2/UKSTU Red) from Feb. 08,1997(limiting mag about 19.8)NET USNO-A2.0XM49ZJ C2014 12 27.71566 09 33 03.33 +59 40 44.5 15.8 V C42All images can be seen from: http://www.xjltp.com/XOSS/XM49ZJ/XM49ZJ.htmC42,Xingming Observatory, Mt. Nanshan. Observers Z.Jin, X.Gao ,Measurers Z.Jin 0.35-m f/6.9 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and CCD.

2014 12 29.969

This transient was observed on 2014 12 29.96939 by G. Masi, remotely using the 17"-f/6.8 robotic unit part of the Virtual Telescope Project facility, at Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory in Ceccano, Italy. 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, show the source at mag. 16.9 (R mags for the reference stars from UCAC-4). We also performed astrometry, getting the following end figures: 03.45; 44.6 (J2000.0, mean residuals of 0.2" on both axes).